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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Morgan crazy with rage?
(a) His wife nags him.
(b) He is poor.
(c) He has no friends.
(d) Nobody uses his fireworks.

2. What does Boyee compare Laura's face to?
(a) A pig's face.
(b) A pumpkin.
(c) A pancake.
(d) A motor-car battery.

3. What does Big Foot do in the cinema one day?
(a) He sticks a knife in the back of the seat of the author's chair.
(b) He screams at the top of his lungs.
(c) He throws his popcorn into the air.
(d) He puts his hands around Hat's throat.

4. How old is the author when he meets Titus Hoyt?
(a) Nine.
(b) Seven.
(c) Eight.
(d) Ten.

5. What happens to Big Foot when he and the author go to the sea-wall at Dockside?
(a) He cuts his foot badly.
(b) He tells the author about his childhood.
(c) He goes swimming.
(d) He and the author finally become good friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Titus Hoyt wearing when the author first meets him?

2. What is the name of Morgan's eldest son?

3. What happened to Big Foot's father when Big Foot was still a boy?

4. How much money does the author's mother give him to go to a shop to buy bread and butter?

5. What is the name of Eddoes' baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Nathaniel and his relationship with Laura.

2. Who is Mr. Titus Hoyt, and when does the author meet him?

3. What makes Big Foot grow in prominence and respect on Miguel Street, and how does he lose that respect?

4. What does Titus do after getting his certificate?

5. Who are Big Foot's parents, and what had hardened him as a child?

6. What is the main focus of chapter 10 where Laura is introduced to the reader?

7. Who is Eddoes and what does he do for a living?

8. Why do the people of Miguel Street finally laugh at Morgan, and what happens to him then?

9. What does Titus do because he is not really qualified to become a teacher?

10. Who is Laura, and how many children does she have?

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